elasticsearch auth_error ai_generated true

RemoteClusterAuthorizationException: cross-cluster search denied

ID: elasticsearch/cross-cluster-auth-failed

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80%Fix Rate
84%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
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Root Cause

Cross-cluster search/replication authentication failed.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 90% success Configure cross-cluster API keys with correct privileges
  2. 85% success Verify remote cluster connection settings in kibana.yml

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Disable security on remote cluster 92% fail

    Security vulnerability

  2. Use same credentials for all clusters 78% fail

    Violates least privilege